Airport safety management

The theoretical part of this article is concerned with a characteristic of basic safety 18 hazards that are typical of contemporary airports. The role and significance of airport safety 19 issues are delineated from a European perspective, and the identification of agents and 20 agencies responsible for safety management systems for airports is provided in the context of 21 Polish experiences in the field. More specifically, the text emphasizes the role of 22 technological devices in the process of ensuring a higher level of safety to contemporary 23 airports. The empirical part of the article, in turn, is dedicated to the presentation of survey 24 results concerned with the opinions on safety measures that were expressed by passengers of 25 the Katowice Airport